i105-107FM was a regional radio station in

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that broadcast to the north east and midlands of the country. The station was one of four regional youth orientated stations that were licensed by the

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to challenge the current monopoly in the 15 to 34 age bracket by national stations

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and

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. The station was based in

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and broadcast to Counties

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Kildare Kildare () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. , its population was 8,634 making it the 7th largest town in County Kildare. The town lies on the R445, some west of Dublin – near enough for it to have become, despite being a regional cen ...

, (north) Laois,

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, Meath,

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and

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between the frequencies of 104.7

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and 106.7

, as well as offering an online stream. The station's sister was i102-104, but in 2011, they merged to form iRadio i105-107FM was launched in November 2008 and was owned by the iRadio consortium, who also hold the licence for the north west service through

i102-104FM i102-104FM was a regional station in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, launched on 7 February 2008. The station had won a licence – as part of a strategy by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to create a network of regional youth stations acr ...

, which was launched in February 2008, and the two stations shared a number of programmes including the ''

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and

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Show''. On the day

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was inaugurated (20 January 2009), the station changed its name to temporarily to 'Obama FM' in his honour for the day.BreakingNews.ie - ''Irish celebrate Obama appointment''
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